Summary: Math 8 Syllabus
Winter 2012
Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50. NH1105
Text: A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics by Martin Liebeck, 3rd ed. CRC
Press.
Material to be covered: Chapters 1-6, 8-14, 16-20 and selected topics if time
permits.
Instructor: Prof. Guofang Wei, South Hall 6503, extension 4282 (discontinued due to budget),
email: wei@math.ucsb.edu
Webpage: www.math.ucsb.edu/ wei
Office hours: MWF 12:00-1:00pm or by appointment
Assistant: , South Hall 6432H, office hours: TBA
email: @math.ucsb.edu
Discussions: Attendace is mandatory. Time: TR 5pm (HSSB1207), 6pm (HSSB1211)
Quiz: There will be weekly quizzes (except first week) in the discussions.
Homework: Homeworks are assigned each lecture (I will also post it on my web
page http://www.math.ucsb.edu/ wei/teach/8/home.html) and due Friday of the
week at the end of the lecture. The graded home work will be returned to you in
the discussion session. In computing the final homework grade, the lowest homework
score will be deleted. In consideration of the reader, no late homework will be checked.